A long-term outcome study of 170 surgically treated patients with compressive cervical radiculopathy

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 523-533

  Davis, Richard A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Division of Neurosurgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; long term outcome; posterior approach; Prolo Scale; radiculopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RATING SCALE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EXERTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030560680     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(96)00278-9     Document Type: Article

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